Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | AIADMK can’t pledge self-respect of people of Tamil Nadu: Stalin
The Hindu
The DMK president said that even if one among the AIADMK candidates won, he would be a puppet of the BJP
Reiterating his charge that the AIADMK had pledged itself with the BJP, which had taken away the rights and pride of the Tamils, DMK president MK Stalin on Wednesday said his party would end this and ensure that the State got its due. “The AIADMK was welcome to glorify the BJP, but not at the cost of pledging the self-respect of the people of Tamil Nadu. The DMK will stop this practice and ensure that the State got its due share for growth and development,” he said at an election meeting in Bodinayakkanur. At a well-attended poll meeting here, in support of the DMK candidates - Thanga Tamil Selvan (Bodi), Cumbum Ramakrishnan (Cumbum), KS Saravana Kumar (Periakulam) and A. Maharajan (Andipatti) - he said that the AIADMK won in one Lok Sabha seat (Theni) and the MP’s letter pads had the photograph of Narendra Modi.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.